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Rh "Letters from Switzerland " (1860); "Memoirs of Kev. Ni. 'hulas Murray, IX D.," "Kirwan " i l*<iM) : Memoirs of Mrs. Joanna Hethune " (18(13); "Fif- teen Years of Prayer " and " Walking with God " (!S72i; "The Alhambra and the Kremlin " (1873); " Songs of the Soul " (1874); " Lite of S. F. B. Morse, LL. D." (1875); " Irenaeus Letters" (1st scries, 1SSO; 2d series. 1885); and " Prayer and its Answer" (1882). Of the " Power of Prayer " more than 175,000 were sold 100,000 in this country and Great Britain, while two editions appeared in France, and one in the Tamil language in India. Another son. Edward Dorr Griffin. clergyman, 1). in Cambridge, N. Y., 2 Nov., 1814; d. in New York, 7 April, 1891, was graduated at Union in Is:!-.', and at Princeton theological seminary, and was pastor of a Presbyterian church in New York city. In April, 1853, to allow his brother, Irenams, to U" abroad for his health, he took his place as editor of the "Observer," with which he had cor- re^pouded I'm 1 several years under the signature of ' lOuscbiiis." He continued his connection with that journal until his brother's death in 1885, act- ing as associate editor, but spent the winter of ls54-'o in Rome as chaplain of the American em- bassy. On the death of his brother, he became editor of the "Observer," but he was compelled by illness to resign in 1886. Dr. Prime received the degree of D. D. from Jefferson college, Pa., in 1857. Besides contributing anonymously to sev- eral volumes, he published " Around the World : Travel Through Many Lands and Over Many Seas " (New York, 1872); " Forty Years in the Turkish Empire, or Memoirs of Rev. William Goodell, D. D." <1876); and " Notes, Genealogical, Biographical, and Bibliographical, of the Prime Family " (printed pri- vately, New York, 1888). Another son, William Cowper, journalist, b. in Cambridge, N. Y., 31 Oct., 1825. was graduated at Princeton in 1843, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1846. He con- tinued to practise in the city of New York until 1861, when he became an owner and manager of the New York Journal of Commerce," with which he is still connected. He acted as its editor- in-chief from 1861 till 1869. Mr. Prime visited Egypt and the Holy Land in 1855-'6, and again in 1869-'70. In his leisure hours he has devoted himself to the study of the art of book illustration, and has made a valuable collection of the wood- cuts of artists of the 15th and 16th centuries. From its establishment he has taken an active interest in the New York metropolitan museum of art, and since 1874 lie has been its first vice-president. He also induced the trustees of Princeton to establish a systematic course of instruction in art history, and in 1884 he was chosen as the occupant of that chair. The college had previously, in 1875, conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. Besides a series of let- ters in the " Journal " begun in 1846 and continued to the present time, more than forty years, Dr. Prime has published "The Owl-Creek Letters" (New York, 1848); " The Old House by the River" (18o3); "Later Years" (1854); "Boat Life in Egypt and Nubia" and " Tent Life in the Holy Land" (1S57); "Coins, Medals, and Seals. Ancient and Modern" (1861); the hymn "0 Mother, Dear. Jerusalem," with notes (1865); "I go A-Fishing" (1873): "Holy Cross " (1877); and "Pottery and Porcelain of All Times and Nations " (1878). As literary executor of Gen. George B. McClellan, he edited " McClellan's Own Story " (1886), and wrote a biographical sketch for that volume.

PRIME, Frederick, geologist, b. in Philadel- phia. Pa., 1 March, 1846. He was graduated at Columbia in 1865, and after a year at the School of mines, studied for three years at the Royal mining- school in Freiberg, Saxony. On his return in 1869 he I. era me a -istaiit ill assaying at Columbia school of mines, and also assistant on the geological sur- ve of Ohio. In 1870 he was elected professor of mining and metallurgy at Lafayette, and in 1874 he became assistant geologist on the geological survey of Pennsylvania, both of which places he filled until 1ST!).' Meanwhile he. has been profes- sionally consulted very frequently by various iron and coal companies. Of late years he has de- voted himself exclusively to professional practice, and became in 1881 president of the Allentown iron company. At the World's fair of 187C he was judge of the group on mining and metallurgy, filling the office of secretary to the board. In 1880 Lafay- ette conferred on him the degree of Ph. D. Prof. Prime has been active in the management of the American institute of mining engineers, and has contributed to its transactions. He has also trans- lated from the German and edited Von Cotta's "Treatise on Ore Deposits" (New York, 1870).

PRIME, Rufus, merchant, b. in New York city in 1805 : d. in Huntingdon. L. I., 15 Oct., 1885. He was a son of Nathaniel Prime, a descendant of Mark Prime, who emigrated from England about 1640. and joined the colony that founded the town of Rowley, Mass. Nathaniel was the head of the firm of Prime. Ward, and King, in its day the chief banking-house in New York city. Rufus received a classical education, and on its completion en- gaged in business. On his father's death in 1843 he devoted himself entirely to the care of his large estate. Mr. Prime was familiar with several lan- guages, ami was fond of literary pursuits. His son, Frederick Edward, soldier, b. in Florence. Italy, 24 Sept., 1829, was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1850, and employed on fortifications in New'York, California, and the south. In 1861 he was taken prisoner at Pensacola, Fla., while he was. .11 his way to Fort Pickens. Having been com- missioned captain of engineers, he served during the Manassas campaign, and the following six months he was successively chief engineer of the depart- ments of Kentucky, the Cumberland, and the Ohio. After being wounded and taken prisoner while on a reconnoissance. he occupied the same post during Gen. Grant's Mississippi campaign in 1862-'3. He was brevetted major for gallantry at the battle of Corinth, and took part in the siege of Vicksburg. He was also promoted major, 1 June, 1803, bre- vetted lieutenant-colonel the following month for meritorious services before Vicksburg, and colonel and brigadier-general. 13 March. 1865, for gallant conduct throughout the war. The commission of brevet brigadier-general was declined. On 5 Sept., 1871, Maj. Prime was retired through disability from wounds that he received " in line of duty."

'''PRINCE. Henry''', soldier, b. in Eastport, Me., 19 June, 1811; d. in London, 19 Aug., 1892. He was graduated at the military academy, assigned to the 4th infantry, and served, in the Seminole war. He became 1st lieutenant in 1838, assisted in removing the Creek Indians to the west, and then served on frontier duty, in the Florida war of 1841-'2, and in the war with Mexico, in which he received the brevet of captain for services at Contreras and Churubusco, and that of major for Molino del Rey, where he was severely wounded. On 26 Sept., 1847, he was made captain, and on 23 May, 1855, he was appointed major and served on the pay department in the west, participating in the Utah campaign in 1858-'9. In the civil war he took part in the northern Virginia campaign, was made brigadier-general of volunteers on 28 April,